Chapter 13, Problem 4E

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

Number of microstates for 1 picogram of CuFeS₂ should be determined.

Concept introduction:

Microstates is a specific microscopic configuration describing how the particles of a system are distributed among the available energy levels.

In a system, the entropy of a system depends on the total number of possible microscopic states by the Boltzmann relation as shown below:

${\text{S = K}}_B\times \text{ ln W}$

Here, ${\text{K}}_B$ is Boltzmann constant, S is entropy and W is number of microstates.